BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Learn about what makes buildings and structures withstand earthquakes with marshmallows and spaghetti. Every Monday, Kern County STEM educators and enthusiasts share ideas ...

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Investigators have found that a product called cellular concrete may be an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional concrete for constructing earthquake-resistant buildings. In research ...

Rejoice Christian Schools’ sixth-grade students learned about earthquakes in their science classes during the first quarter of the semester. The study included a hands-on experiment comprised of basic ...

The patent document describes the invention as unique since it merely relies on containers filled with sand or other granular material to protect a building’s structure from damage or failure during ...

Buildings and urban infrastructure are designed to withstand earthquakes and other natural disasters, based on data from previous events. But how do you design a building to get through the extreme ...

El Jardín Anatole in Mexico City by Dellekamp + Schleich (DAFdf) is a case study in cross laminated timber (CLT) design. (Rafael Gamo) The facade boldly expresses the timber material palette. (Rafael ...

Our planet is covered by tectonic plates that are slowly moving around, pushing into or sliding past one another along boundaries called faults. Friction sometimes causes two of these plates to get ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners approved a distinctive new look for the Burnside Bridge on Thursday as officials prepare to earthquake-proof the 98-year-old structure by 2031. The project ...

Scenes of buildings reduced to rubble were beamed around the world this week following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Ishikawa prefecture on Japan’s western coast on Monday. The full extent of ...

Twenty-five years ago on the morning of 26 January 2001, Gujarat was rocked by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, its intensity touching “extreme” on the Mercalli intensity scale. With the epicentre near ...